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2016 Civics Final Exam
One of the physical properties of money is
A surplus happens when...
2016 Civics Final Exam
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A surplus happens when...
Prices are too low relative to consumer demand
Prices are too low relative to producer demand
Prices are too high relative to consumer demand
Prices are too high relative to producer demand
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One of the physical properties of money is
Acceptability
Stability of Value
Scarcity
Portability
3
An externality is a side effect of a transaction that affects
Both the producer and the buyer
Someone other than the buyer or producer
The buyer but not the producer
The producer but not the buyer
4
A business owned and managed by a single person
Conglomerate
General Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Limited Partnership
5
A supermarket running out of bananas is an example of
Shortage
Scarcity
Utilization
Opportunity Cost
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A shortage of a particular good is often a signal for a producer to
Raise the prices of that good
Lower the prices of that good
Shift production to another good
Lower production of that good
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Expansionary monetary policy is sometimes called
Circulation-Money Policy
Lending-Money Policy
Money-Flow Policy
Easy-Money Policy
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A merger happens when one company
Sells their business and reinvests in another market
Joins another company to form a single firm
Causes another to go Bankrupt
Divides and forms several Firms
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The biggest problem associated with representative money is
Difficulty in transporting it
Fluctuations in the value of the backingcommodity
Distrust of the issuing government
Lack of agreement about exchange rate
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Two factors that are necessary for demand are
Desire and Ability to pay
Availability and ability to pay
Familiarity and desire to pay
Desire and Availability
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All interactions that occur in a market economy can be found in what
A flow model
A Square Flow Model
A Circular Flow Model
A circular Model
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Women tend crops and raise children while men hunt is often found in which economic system
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Market
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A specific region in which trade between nations takes place without protective tariffs
Corporate trade Zone
Free Trade Zone
International Trade Zone
Custom trade zone
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Which of the following often happens during a contraction
Resources become less scarce, and prices fall
Resources become more scarce, and price rise
Resources become less scarce, and prices rise
Resources become more scarce, and prices fall
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When a nation’s economy nationalizes it changes from
Private ownership to public ownership
Public ownership to private ownership
Government ownership to public ownership
Government ownership to private ownership
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Absolute loyalty to the people in power is required in which system
Authoritarian
Soacialist
Traditional
Market
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Public goods are funded by
Profits made by private businesses
Charitable donations collected by the government
Profits made by public companies
Taxes collected by the government
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A business operated for the shared benefit of its owners, who are also its customers
Initiative
Cooperative
Monopoly
Conglomerate
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The value of what you give up by choosing one alternative over another is called
Marginal Benefit
Opportunity Cost
Marginal Cost
Opportunity Benefit
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A provider of goods and services
Government
Producer
Consumer
Laborers
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Any law passed to limit free trade between nations is called a trade
Embargo
Cartel
Barrier
Tariff
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Trade barriers tend to
Lower prices for a short time
lower prices or keep them low
raise prices for a short time
raise prices or keep them high
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A need is fulfilled by...
Movie Tickets
Food
Video Games
Jewelry
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The market value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given time
Gross Income Product
National Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Product
National Income Product
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Taxes on imports which are levied specifically to raise money
Revenue Embargoes
Revenue Tariffs
Protective Tariffs
Protective Embargoes
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Monopolists are able to control prices because they have
Much competition and no closesubstitutes for their products
Much competition and many substitutesfor their products
No competition and many substitutesfor their products
No competition and no closesubstitutes for their products
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The four Factors of Production
Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship
Land, Labor, Money, Entrepreneurship
Resources, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship
Resources, Labor, Money, Entrepreneurship
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In a market economy, the real power in the market place is held by
The Producer
The Seller
The Consumer
The Government
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A society that has public schools and ownership of private property has elements of both
Command and market economic systems
Command and traditional economic systems
Traditional and market economic system
Traditional and socialist economic system
30
Twelve regional banks with a central decision-making board
Federal Reserve
Chase
Credit Unions
Capital One
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Harvest-time customs represents the influence of which type of economy
Market
Socialist
Command
Traditional
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The rate of change in prices over a set period of time
Fluctuation Rate
Deflation Rate
Expansion Rate
Inflation Rate
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Money whose value is based on the type of material from which it is made is called
Fiat Money
Representative Money
Near Money
Commodity Money
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An example of intellectual property is a(n)
House
Song
Factory
Office
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An extended period of high unemployment and limited business activity
Trough
Depression
Stagflation
Peak
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If a company controls a specific process for making windows, it has a
Natural Monopoly
Government Monopoly
Geographic Monopoly
Technological Monopoly
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Which of these would be included in the GDP of the United States for 2006
An automobile imported from Japan during 2006
A DVD player made in the United States during2006
Steel made by a U.S. company in Japan during2006
Cloth made in the United States during 2006
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Contractionary monetary policy is sometimes called
Slow-Money Policy
Saving-Money Policy
Tight-Money Policy
Decreasing-Money Policy
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One of the economic properties of money is
Divisibility
Uniformity
Scarcity
Durability
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An example of real capital is
Job Training
Education
Self-Improvement
A warehouse
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Equilibrium price is the price at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are
Higher for the supplies
Lower for the Supplies
Different
Equal
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Human time, effort, and talent that go into the making of products
Capital
Labor
Scarcity
Knowledge
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The willingness and ability of producers to offer goods and services for sale
Supply
Externality
Productivity
Demand